It happens to all of us. We?re going about our day, maybe we?re even doing something completely unrelated to watches, and out of nowhere it pops into your mind: a watch that has lingered, that for one reason or another you can?t quite quit. As 2022 draws to a close, the Worn & Wound team is reflecting on the watches that are stuck in our heads – the horological equivalents of the White Lotus theme. They might not have been released in 2022, and they might not even be watches we would personally own, but they remain in focus, lingering, ready to take over our days, our Instagram searches, and WatchRecon alerts at a moment?s notice.
Blake Buettner 
New watches are being released at a staggering pace these days, perhaps even at an unsustainable trajectory, even. Looking back over the past year (and beyond, really) I find myself discovering watches that got lost in all the noise, and sometimes these are the watches that have left an imprint, even if faintly, that remains on my subconscious mind. We?ve all been there, we come across (or scroll across") a picture of a watch we?d all but forgotten about, and like a jolt all the positive feelings come rushing back. A few watches fit that bill for me this year, including a few I never really would have imagined. 
The first is this 190th Anniversary Longines with an engraved dial. I saw this watch in person early in the year at a preview event and it made a massive impression on me at the time, but didn?t r...